Chapter 8.24
WEED AND NUISANCE GROWTH CONTROL

Sections:

8.24.010    Public nuisance when – Declaration.

8.24.020    Notification procedure.

8.24.030    Failure to abate – Remedial action.

8.24.040    Remedy – Nonexclusive.

8.24.010 Public nuisance when – Declaration.

Weeds, waste, shrubs and other nuisance growth higher than six inches are a public nuisance and are further a hazard and menace to the public health, safety and welfare. [Ord. 21-12 § 1, 2012; Ord. 251 § 1.18.010, 1977].

8.24.020 Notification procedure.

If such a nuisance is found to exist, the city shall forthwith notify the owner, in writing, to immediately cut down the growth as close to the ground as can practicably be done to keep the growth controlled in a like manner. In the event the owner of the lot or parcel is a nonresident of the city, or cannot be found in the city, then notice shall be given by certified mail to the last known address of the owner, and if that address is not known or cannot be obtained, then by posting the notice on the property itself. The notice shall extend to the owner 10 days from the date of the notice to vacate the nuisance. [Ord. 251 § 1.18.020, 1977].

8.24.030 Failure to abate – Remedial action.

If the owner fails to abate the nuisance within the allotted period of time, the city may abate the same and the owner shall be responsible for the cost of the abatement, including an administrative charge of $25.00. If the owner fails to pay the charge immediately, or if no charge is tendered because the owner cannot be found, the city may file a lien therefor against the property, which lien shall be in the same form, filed with the same officer and within the same time and manner and enforced and foreclosed as is provided by the laws of the state for liens filed for labor and materials. [Ord. 251 § 1.18.030, 1977].

8.24.040 Remedy – Nonexclusive.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the city from proceeding against the owner of such premises under criminal provisions which prohibit maintaining or permitting a public nuisance, the provisions of this chapter being supplemental and not an exclusive remedy. [Ord. 251 § 1.18.040, 1977].